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retriever
/ ɪˈٰːə /
noun
- one of a breed of large gun dogs that can be trained to retrieve game See golden retriever Labrador retriever Chesapeake Bay retriever curly-coated retriever flat-coated retriever
- any dog used to retrieve shot game
- a person or thing that retrieves
Word History and Origins
Origin of retriever1
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Let’s begin with Jesse Watters — Fox News’ enthusiastic golden retriever in a blazer — who earnestly declared that “the tariffs are for the children.”
When the centerpiece solo hits, Givens is like a golden retriever with his head out of the car window, jowls flapping in the wind.
This golden retriever optimism has rolled into his first leading role in "Love Hurts," in which Quan plays a peppy realtor who bakes heart-shaped cookies for his colleagues.
When her family went on trips, we would house-sit and spend days with their beautiful golden retriever — my sisters and I swam in the pool with Cooper until mami dragged us out.
Each pouch could save a pet’s life: a retriever that ingested poison, a corgi with a bleeding disorder, a puppy with parvovirus.
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